Sunday, September 3, 2017

Pencil sketch of an anti Nazi by Dr K Prabhakar Rao



ERICH KLAUSENER


ERICH KLAUSENER was a German politician and was close associate of German Chancellor Franz ,on papen and earlier he was the staunch critic of French occupation of Ruhr in 1923.... 24 for which he served two months in jail. He served in Prussia in Ministry of welfare and headed Police division.He addressed catholic congress in Hoppergarten Berlin on 24 June 1934 that was seen as open challenge to Hitlers regime. he was murdered in his office by Kurt Gildisch at the orders of Reinhard Heydrich during the night of long knives on 30 June 1934 for which the assassin was promoted to the rank of Sturmbann fuehrer.Night of long knives was carried out by Hitler to eliminate the SA members( brown shirts) and all his opponents in political field and clergy.Scores were brutally murdered.

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